Search engine buttons matrix interface

ABSTRACT

A standalone computing device&#39;s user interface or a compliant website, password protected intranet, password protected extranet, software or any other user interface (one that has adopted this interface and presents its hyperlinks in a buttons matrix) pre-populates information resources or populates information resources based on input keywords. This search engine buttons matrix interface provides greater control to the users in availing information resources from backend or reorganizing information resources output in ways preferred by the user rather than by the search engine providers.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of provisional patent applicationNo. 62/109,562 filing date Jan. 29, 2015 titled SEARCH ENGINE MATRIXINTERFACE.

FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH

None.

SEQUENCE LISTING

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-   TITLE PAGE . . . 1-   INDEX . . . 2-   BACKGROUND . . . 4-   BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION . . . 10-   BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS . . . 11-   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION . . . 14-   REFERENCE NUMERALS . . . 20-   OPERATION . . . 22-   claims . . . 26-   ABSTRACT . . . 29-   FIGURES . . . 30-   FIG. 1 Part 1 and FIG. 1 Part 2 . . . 30-   FIG. 2 Part 1 and FIG. 2 Part 2 . . . 31-   FIG. 3 Part 1 and FIG. 3 Part 2 . . . 32-   FIG. 4 Part 1 and FIG. 4 Part 2 . . . 33-   FIG. 5 Part 1 and FIG. 5 Part 2 . . . 34-   FIG. 6 Part 1 and FIG. 6 Part 2 . . . 35-   FIG. 7 Part 1 and FIG. 7 Part 2 . . . 36-   FIG. 8 Part 1 and FIG. 8 Part 2 . . . 37-   FIG. 9 Part 1 and FIG. 9 Part 2 . . . 38-   FIG. 10 Part 1 and FIG. 10 Part 2 . . . 39-   FIG. 11 Part 1 and FIG. 11 Part 2 . . . 40-   FIG. 12 . . . 41

BACKGROUND

1. Prior Art

The following is a tabulation of some prior art that presently appearsrelevant:

-   -   U.S. Patent

Patent Number Kind Code Issue Date Patentee

U.S. Pat. No. 8,121,997 B2 Feb. 21, 2012 Nathan F. Raciborski/LimelightNetworks, Inc.

-   -   U.S. Patent Application Publications        Publication Number Kind Code Pub. Date Applicant

US 2009/0019348 A1 Jan. 15, 2009 Rodney Kuhn Haffnerson King US2007/0299830 A1 Dec. 27, 2007 Christopher Muenchhoff, Yevgeniy LukyanovUS 2006/00277167 A1 Dec. 7, 2006 William Gross, Lee Hasiuk, ThomasMcGovern, Jason D. Levine

-   -   International Publication        Application Number Kind Code Pub. Date Applicant

WO 01/77893 A1 18 Oct. 2001 YOUN, Sung-Won

-   -   Popular Search Engines        http://www.google.com        http://www.bing.com        http://search.yahoo.com/

This patent application relates to a search engine buttons matrixinterface for a dedicated website or hyperlinked to a compliant userinterface (any website, password protected intranet, password protectedextranet, software or any user interface that has adopted this interfaceand presents its hyperlinks in a buttons matrix) for displaying orextracting information resources available on the Internet or intranetor extranet or any computer networks or on any computing device or onsoftware accessed using any computing device (client, printer, server,router, switch or any other connecting node) that provides both inputand output features. This interface allows users to input keywords andsearch information resources or hyperlinked resources to further extractinformation resources or use information resources that are displayed tothem before even inputting keyword(s) for information resources. A usercan view or extract information resources in ascending or descendingorder; view or extract information resources as provided in differentcategories such as in the library classifications systems; view orextract names of countries in the world that are relevant to a user;view or extract information resources that are presented in the order oftheir popularity in the country that a user may be interested in; viewor extract information resources that a user may most recently orfrequently or mostly (time spent wise) be using; view or extractinformation resources that all the users may most recently or frequentlyor mostly (time spent wise) be using; view or extract informationresources at the next level of details like instead of just alphabeticallisting, view or extract information resources on a particular alphabetin ascending or descending order. More command buttons of interest tousers will be added as required such as images, videos, news, maps,travel, hotels, shop, weather, finance, music, horoscope, dating,exercise, yoga, weight loss, health, restaurants, politics, education,and user defined or user configured command buttons. Buttons may containappropriate shapes, colors, shades, designs to help users navigate aswell as for aesthetic appeal including logos or icons. Buttons may alsocontain labels of numbers based on appropriate logic that can be invokedusing voice command. Buttons can be partitioned with shades allowingusers to select different shades to either go to search website directlyor to go to next level of detailed buttons matrix organized on treelogic available on the site map of such a website.

A command button will enable users to configure the shapes, designs,colors, shades, themes of buttons or background. Buttons will show up apreview bubble with brief details on each button if cursor is moved overa button or if invoked by a speech command.

Buttons to advertise websites or products or services may be added withor without distinct shapes, designs, colors or looks.

Such interface can be made manually, by using software, or in a mixedmanner.

Prior art U.S. Pat. No. 8,121,997 (2012); and U.S. Patent ApplicationPublications US 2009/0019348, US 2007/0299830, US 2006/00277167; andInternational Publication WO 01/77893 were found while doing search onuser search engine buttons matrix interface.

International Publication WO 01/77893 is about a method of displayingresults of Internet search engine that includes an input text-field anda search button that displays a search result in a polygonal manner.This has a problem that a user cannot order or reorder the search resultin the manner she may like to.

U.S. Patent Application Publications US 2006/00277167 is about a methodthat uses an input text-field and search button and provides the searchresult that uses the list area to display a list of search resultsadopted to display one or more pre-loaded web pages in a matrix formatas per user's selection. This has a problem that a user cannot order orreorder the search result in the manner she may like to and that userscan see only one or, if more, a few pre-loaded web pages.

U.S. Patent Application Publications US 2007/0299830 is about a methodfor displaying a search result images rendered in rectangular portion ofa grid layout scaled to the size of the window. This has a problem thata user cannot order or reorder the search result in the manner she maylike to. Also a user cannot find all outcomes of the search on one page.

U.S. Patent Application Publications US 2009/0019348 is about a methodwhere the information is displayed according to a fractal grid hierarchythat consists of multiple levels of resolution. Each level of a fractalgrid hierarch displays one or more cells in a nine-cell grid fashion.This has a problem that a user cannot order or reorder the search resultin the manner she may like to. Also a user cannot see all the outcomesof the search on one page.

U.S. Pat. No. 8,121,997 (2012) is about a search system for searchingboth intranet datasets and Internet datasets with a single searchinterface that includes a first interface portion having inputtext-field and a search button that receives a search query from the enduser. It also allows that the preference is modifiable by the end user.The modification, though, that the user can do is about a preference fora target search engine referenced by the search query. The selectedinput syntax is one of a plurality of sets of input syntaxes, foroperators and/or for Boolean operations, that translates the searchquery with the user selected input syntax for searching intranetdatasets and/or Internet datasets where in the search query is definedby at least one of: entry of a text string into a command lineinterface; and manipulation of a graphical user interface. Themodification of the preference changes the target search engine orplurality of target search engines to be searched. The target searchengine cannot be determined from the search query alone. The problemwith this system is that a user can provide a preference or modify itbut just for a target search engine referenced by the search query. Auser cannot order or reorder the search result in the manner she maylike to. Also a user cannot see all the outcomes of the search on onepage.

The popular search engine http://google.com provides an input text-fieldand a search button or two to enable a user to search for informationresources. The search results presented though are as per Google's logicthat does not take into account a user's preference for how the searchresult is presented to her or how she may like to further reorder them.

Similarly http.//bing.com too provides an input text-field and a searchbutton to enable a user to search for information resources.Additionally, it also provide some menus with menu-items for popularsearch topics but the search results presented though are as per Bing'slogic that does not take into account a user's preference for how thesearch result is presented to her or how she may like to further reorderthem.

The popular search engine http://search.yahoo.com/ provides an inputtext-field and a search button to enable a user to search forinformation resources. Additionally, it is a portal that dispenseshyperlinks to popular search topics and also provide some menus withmenu-items for popular search topics but the search results presentedthough are as per Yahoo's logic that does not take into account a user'spreference for how the search result is presented to her or how she maylike to further reorder them.

Collectively all these prior arts relate to presenting search results ina fractal grid matrix or in a polygonal manner, making use of graphicalcontrols including menus, list boxes, action buttons, sliders and radiobuttons, search result preference modifiable by the end user, and anumber of web pages displayed concurrently. But no search engineinterface provides input features along with output features to startwith to empower unsophisticated Internet users to explore informationresources that are available on the networks even without being aware ofthe search keywords as the system proposed by this application does.Some do have tabs, buttons, or hyperlinks labeled such as image, video,news, local, shopping, white pages but none provides comprehensiveinformation resources that can be drilled down or drilled up the way theproposed system of search engine buttons matrix interface does. This isfurther evident by the distinctive claims made by this patentapplication.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A novel search engine buttons matrix interface displays or extracts andpresents in an organized manner to the information seekers whatinformation resource do they need. Additionally it also providespre-searched information resources that are likely to be useful tomultitude of users as per the predetermined logics provided through theuse of buttons and other Graphical User Interface (GUI) controls. Theinformation resources can be manipulated as per user's preferences.Users' favorite websites and visited websites are tracked through theuse of cookies and/or client and server based distributed databases tohelp individual user and all users to access them. Information resourcesthat are out of sight are out of mind. In a nutshell, the focus of thispatent is not as much on the users as much as on the informationresources to be brought forth from the backend to the frontend in aproactive manner enabling the users ofInternet/intranet/extranet/software/computer networks/any other userinterface to avail information resources in a user friendly manner.

Advantages

Accordingly several advantages are to provide search results,proactively organized on certain logics, from theInternet/intranet/extranet/software/computer networks/any other userinterface and that the users will be able to manipulate the informationresources in the manner they desire. Further advantages will becomeapparent from a study of the following description and the accompanyingdrawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. Top row has function buttons and aninput box. The left most column consists of ordering or sorting buttons.The information resources presented are in a default ascending order.

FIG. 2 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a default local perspective of the searchengine buttons matrix interface at location 11. The informationresources presented are more detailed ones all based on alphabet ‘A’.

FIG. 3 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The information resources presented arein descending order after the button labeled “Sort ZA” at location 19 isselected.

FIG. 4 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The information resources presented arein categories as per the library classifications systems after the“Library” button at location 20 is selected.

FIG. 5 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The names of countries of the world arepresented in alphabetical order as search results after the buttonlabeled “World” at location 21 is selected.

FIG. 6 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The search results are diagonally, withmost popular in the top left corner and the least popular in the bottomright corner, presented in the decreasing order of popularity in the

United States after the search result button labeled “USA” in FIG. 5 isselected.

FIG. 7 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The information resources presented arethe information resources in the decreasing order frequencies ofpersonal usage by a user presented diagonally with most used buttons atthe top left corner and least used buttons at the bottom right cornerafter the button labeled “User's” at location 22 is selected.

FIG. 8 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The information resources buttonspresented are the hyperlinks on a compliant (one that has adopted thisinterface and presents its hyperlinks in a matrix) website as per thedesign of the website (i.e. www.devey.edu).

FIG. 9 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The information resources presented arethe information resources or hyperlinks on a website in the decreasingorder of popularity in a domestic country (i.e. the US) grouped inalphabetical order after the button labeled “Users” at location 23 isselected.

FIG. 10 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search enginebuttons matrix interface at location 11. The information resourcespresented are the hyperlinks on a compliant (one that has adopted thisinterface and presents its hyperlinks in a matrix) website i.e.www.devry.edu in the decreasing order of popularity of the hyperlinksamong all users presented diagonally with most used buttons at the topleft corner and least used buttons at the bottom right corner.

FIG. 11 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search enginebuttons matrix interface at location 11. The information resources arethe hyperlinks or in an intranet or in extranet protected by password asper its design i.e. a distance learning intranet after a user logs intoit. Users will be granted option to save user name and password so thatis transitioned directly inside of a password protected intranet orextranet after selecting a button such as one labeled “course shell” inFIG. 7.

FIG. 12 is a close-up perspective of the search engine button atlocation 31. This search button has two parts—left at location 32 andright at location 33. Depending on which row and column it may appear inan interface it would have alphanumeric notation i.e. 23L (2^(nd) row,3^(rd) column on left) as shown at location 32 in color along with thename of the business i.e. amazon. Logo at location 34 and alphanumericnotation i.e. 23R (2^(nd) row, 3^(rd) column on right) as shown atlocation 33 on the right side in different color. Mouse curser is shownat location 36. A preview bubble is shown at location 36. Another buttonthat shows similar details but in the 3^(rd) row and 3^(rd) column isshown for ebay at location 37. A blank button is shown at location 38.The button shown at location 39 is with distinct colors compared toother buttons. That indicates that such button is the button sponsoredby advertiser i.e. barnes & noble.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Popular web technologies can be used to develop this interface linked todatabases that has pre-searched, pre-ordered and pre-sorted informationresources and users' information search tracking. Effective andefficient web technologies like Java®, HTML5, CSS, XML, Javascript,JQuery, JSON, SQL, MySQL, NoSQL and cloud computing will be used todevelop this interface and connected databases.

FIG. 1 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11 constructed in accordance with oneembodiment. Top row has an input box and command buttons. The left mostcolumn consists of buttons labeled alphabetically (or numerically insome other FIGS.) The information resources keywords are displayed in adefault ascending order as buttons or hyperlinks or informationresources in the decreasing order of popularity in a relevant localitye.g. a country. An input box is at the location 13 that allows a user toinput keywords for search. A button at location 14 is with a label“Search”. After entering keywords, a user needs to select the “Search”button at location 14 either by clicking on it or touching it orinvoking voice command or hitting the “Enter” button on a keyboard toview or extract the search results. The column of buttons at location 12labeled alphabetically or numerically allows a user reorder informationresources keywords to the next level of details or with decreasing orderof usage or popularity. The button at location 18 with a label “Sort AZ”is for sorting the information resources in ascending order in thematrix of rows and columns as the labels of buttons or hyperlinks orinformation resources with the top left button or cell located at 15.The button at location 19 with a label “Sort ZA” is for sorting the sameinformation resources in descending order. The button at location 20with a label “Library” provides the information resources in a treeformat organized such as in the library classifications systems. Thebutton at location 21 with a label “World” provides a list of names ofcountries in alphabetical order. The button at location 22 with a label“User's” provides the information resources in the decreasing order ofusage by a user. The button at location 23 with a label “Users” providesthe information resources in the decreasing order of usage by all users.

FIG. 2 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The information resources presented aremore detailed alphabetically all starting with alphabet ‘A’. This isextracted and presented after the button labeled ‘A’ at location 12 asshown in FIG. 1 (Part 1 and Part 2) is selected by clicking on it ortouching it or by speech command or in any other manner. If the buttonlabeled “Ab” at location 12 in FIG. 2 (Part 1 and Part 2) is selectedthe information resources will be presented with more detailedalphabetical order with all words starting with alphabets “Ab”. Similarlogic will follow going to the next level of details for each button inthe column at location 12.

FIG. 3 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The information resources presented arein a descending order after the “Sort ZA” button at location 19 isselected in FIG. 1 (Part 1 and Part 2).

FIG. 4 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The information resources presented arein the categories as per the library classifications systems after the“Library” button at location 20 is selected. After a user selects anyclassification button the interface would then populate informationresources that are series of sub-classifications until finally aresource topic is displayed for a user to extract information from.

FIG. 5 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The names of countries of the world arepresented in alphabetical order as search results after the “World”button at location 21 is selected.

FIG. 6 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The search results presented are therelevant information resources in the decreasing order of popularity inthe USA after the “USA” button in FIG. 5 (Part 1 and Part 2) isselected.

FIG. 7 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The information resources presented arethe information resources or hyperlinks in the decreasing order offrequencies of personal usage by a user presented diagonally with mostused buttons at the top left corner and least used buttons at the bottomright corner after the “User's” button at location 22 in FIG. 1 (Part 1and Part 2) is selected.

FIG. 8 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search engine buttonsmatrix interface at location 11. The information resources presented arethe buttons or hyperlinks of a compliant website as per the design ofthe website i.e. www.devry.edu after the “devry” button from FIG. 7(Part 1 and Part 2) is selected. FIG. 9 (Part 1 and Part 2) is aperspective of the search engine buttons matrix interface at location11. The information resources presented are the relevant informationresources as buttons or hyperlinks in the decreasing order of popularityin a domestic country (i.e. the US) grouped in alphabetical order afterthe “Users” button at location 23 from FIG. 1 (Part 1 and Part 2) isselected.

FIG. 10 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search enginebuttons matrix interface at location 11. The information resourcesdiagonally presented are the hyperlinks on a website i.e. www.devry.eduin the decreasing order of frequency of usage or decreasing popularityof the hyperlinks among all users after the “Users” button at location23 in FIG. 8 (Part 1 and Part 2) is selected.

FIG. 11 (Part 1 and Part 2) is a perspective of the search enginebuttons matrix interface at location 11. The information resourcespresented are the hyperlinks on a website or in an intranet or inextranet as per the design of the website (i.e. a distance learningintranet) after the “course shell” button from FIG. 7 (Part 1 and Part2) is selected.

FIG. 12 is a close-up perspective of the search engine button atlocation 31. This search button has two parts—left at location 32 andright at location 33. If a user clicks on part of the button at 32 itwould take the user to the website of the respective company i.e.http://amazon.com in this case. But if that website is a compliant oneand if the user clicks on part of the button at 34 it would transitionthe user to another button matrix interface that populates buttonshyperlinked to hyperlinks at http://www.amazon.com. Depending on whichrow and column it may appear in an interface it would have alphanumericnotation i.e. 23L (2^(nd) row, 3^(rd) column on left) as shown atlocation 32 in color along with the name of the business i.e. amazon.Logo at location 34 and alphanumeric notation i.e. 23R (2^(nd) row,3^(rd) column on right) as shown at location 33 on the right side indifferent color. A user using voice command will be able to recitealphanumeric notation 23L or 23R to navigate to respective button. Mousecurser is shown at location 36. If a user hovers mouse curser anywhereon the button at 31 a preview bubble as shown at location 36 would popup. A user using voice command will get it if recites “23 preview”meaning show the preview for the button at location at 2^(nd) row and3^(rd) column and same preview will show up. Another button that showssimilar details but in the 3^(rd) row and 3^(rd) column is shown forebay at location 37. A blank button is shown at location 38. Thatindicates that it is unavailable at no relevant information resourcesmay be available at such location following certain logic. The buttonshown at location 39 is with distinct colors compared to other buttons.That indicates that such button is the button sponsored by advertiseri.e. barnes & noble.

These information resources from any FIG. can be re-sorted such as bythe order of recent use or frequency of use by the user or frequency ofuse by the users, in ascending order, in descending order, and by anyclassifications or sub-classifications.

More function or command buttons or any other Graphical User Interface(GUI) components may be added to further help users extract or orderinformation resources from theInternet/intranet/extranet/software/computer networks/any other userinterface. The function or command buttons may be redesigned orrelocated doing the same, similar or other functions.

Most search engines take in input of keywords and provide information asper certain logics they follow but do not provide functionalities at thedisposal of the users to explore the information resources available ona standalone or a networked computing device. This invention providesinformation resources to users in organized manner and grants power tomanipulate the information resources in the manner they would like tosee and explore. The innovation is simple and not difficult to make byanyone who is in the profession of web and database making and dataprocessing.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

-   11. search engine buttons matrix interface-   12. column of buttons in alphabetical order or numerical order-   13. search keywords input box-   14. button labeled “Search” for extracting and presenting the search    results-   15. information resources or search results as the buttons matrix or    hyperlinks in rows and columns-   16. button labeled “Recent” for extracting and presenting    information resources in the order how recently the information    resources were accessed by a user-   17. button labeled “Popular” for extracting and presenting    information resources in the order how frequently the information    resources were accessed by a user or users-   18. button labeled “Sort AZ” for presenting information resources in    an ascending order-   19. button labeled “Sort ZA” for presenting information resources in    a descending order-   20. button labeled “Library” for presenting library classifications    or information resources in categories as per the library    classifications systems-   21. button labeled “World” for presenting buttons with labels of    names of countries in the world-   22. button labeled “User's” for presenting information resources in    the decreasing order of usage frequency by a user-   23. button labeled “Users” for presenting information resources in    the decreasing order of usage by all users-   31. button is a close up of the button for ‘amazon’-   32. button is a close up of left part of the button for ‘amazon’-   33. button is a close up of right part of the button for ‘amazon’-   34. is the logo for amazon button-   35. is the mouse cursor-   36. is a preview bubble for ‘amazon’ button-   37. a close up of a button for ‘ebay’-   38. a close up of a blank button-   39. is a close up of a button for ‘barnes & noble’ that is a    sponsoring advertiser that has distinct colors

Operation

In operation, one uses the search engine buttons matrix interface eitheras a standalone website such as www.google.com and www.bing.com forsearching information resources on the web or on any computing device oron any software or on any user interface through mainframe computers'terminals, desktop computers, mobile computers such as laptop/notepad,eReaders, smartphone or any other computing device including theInternet of Things (IoT) devices, wearable technology devices.

This interface can also be embedded fully or partially in any otherwebsite. A tab, a button or hyperlink or other means to access thisinterface can be provided on such a compliant website, passwordprotected intranet, password protected extranet, software or userinterface (one that has adopted this interface and presents itshyperlinks in a matrix) accessed using any computing device, like aclient computer, printer, server, router, switch or any other connectingnode, that provides both input and output features. When one selectsthat option by clicking on it or by touching it or through other mannerincluding voice interface a window of this interface pops up or a useris transitioned to this interface as found appropriate.

The interface connects a user to a centralized or decentralized databaseon a server or a client or any other computing device that has storedresults in advance. I will develop appropriate search engine or procureit and use it to extract information resources as search results. Theinformation resources may be truncated in meaningful keywords as labelsfor buttons or hyperlinks displayed in a matrix. By default it woulddisplay relevant perspective of the search engine buttons matrixinterface as shown in FIG. 1 (Part 1 and Part 2) at location 11. Butwhen accessed again after using it for the first time it would open upthe interface viewed last or would default to user's pre-configuredpreference. User can use one of the following operations at any time andin any sequence to view or extract relevant information resources orsearch results a user may be interested in.

1. The search results are displayed in an array or a vector of buttonsor hyperlinks that keeps expanding both horizontally to the east andvertically to the south of the window on the screen. A user can scrollto the relevant place and select a button or a hyperlink to go to theUniform Resource Locator (URL) one is interested in or go to the nextlevel of detailed buttons on such URL.

2. If the relevant search result that a user may be interested in is notdisplayed in the initial screen or a user wants to save time and effortof scrolling, can enter search keywords in the input box at location 13and select “Search” button at location 14 to view or extract targetedsearch results.

3. If a user would like to go to the next level of details from FIG. 1(Part 1 and Part 2) or any other FIGS, can select any of thealphabetically or numerically labeled buttons on the left most column.If a user selects alphabet ‘A’ would then transition to the interface asshown in FIG. 2 (Part 1 and Part 2). User may select any of the givenoptions to continue going to next level of details by clicking on thealphabetical or numerical buttons or hyperlinks on the left most column.

4. From FIG. 1 (Part 1 and Part 2) or any other FIGS if a user may liketo sort the information resources in descending order can select buttonlabeled “Sort ZA” at location 19 to view or extract output similar toFIG. 3 (Part 1 and Part 2). To sort the information resources again inascending order a user can select “Sort AZ” labeled button at location18 to view or extract output similar to FIG. 1 (Part 1 and Part 2).

5. If a user would like to explore information resources or searchresults in categories such as in the library classifications systems,can select “Library” button at location 20. The search results presentedare in categories as per the library classifications systems untilfinally a resource is displayed for the user to extract informationfrom.

6. A user may select the button at location 21 with a label “World” toview or extract a matrix of buttons with labels of names of countries inalphabetical order row-wise.

7. A user may select the button at location 22 with a label “User's” toview or extract the information resources in the decreasing order offrequencies of usage by the user.

8. A user may select the button at location 23 with a label “Users” toview or extract the information resources in the decreasing order offrequencies of usage by all users.

9. The user may change the order of the information resources from anyof about steps, where applicable, in the order of how recently were theyaccessed by selecting the button labeled “Recent” at location 16, in theorder of how frequently were they accessed by selecting the buttonlabeled “Popular” at location 17, and in ascending or descending orderby selecting “Sort AZ” button at location 18 or “Sort ZA” button atlocation 19, respectively.

10. More command buttons or Graphical User Interface (GUI) components ofinterest to users will be added as required enabling users also toexplore more resources or reconfigure the interface to match personaltaste.

11. Buttons labels may also contain numbers based on appropriate logicthat can be invoked using voice command. Buttons will be shaded allowingusers to select different shades to either go directly to a searchwebsite or to go to the next level of detailed buttons matrix organizedon a tree logic consisting of the hyperlinks on such a website. Buttonswill show up a preview bubble with brief details on each button ifcursor is moved over a button or if invoked by a speech command.

What is claimed is:
 1. A search engine buttons matrix interface thatdisplays or presents reorganized information resources on theInternet/intranet/extranet/software/computer networks/any other userinterface that can be operated using a mouse, a touch pad, touch screen,voice interface of any other user interface to select options: a. thatfunctions as an independent website or b. is hyperlinked to a compliantuser interface (any website, password protected intranet, passwordprotected extranet, software or any user interface that has adopted thisinterface and presents its hyperlinks in a buttons matrix) accessedusing a standalone or any networked computing device, like a clientcomputer, printer, server, router, switch or any other connecting node,that provides both input and output features through a button or ahyperlink— i. consisting of buttons or other Graphical User Interface(GUI) components comprising of:
 1. top row(s) consisting of an inputbox, and command buttons labeled such as “Search”, “Recent”, “Popular”,“Sort AZ”, “Sort ZA”, “Library”, “World”, “User's”, “Users” and othercommand buttons or Graphical User Interface (GUI) components and
 2. leftcolumn(s) consisting of buttons and other command buttons or GraphicalUser Interface (GUI) components below the input box labeledalphabetically such as A, B, C or Aa, Ab, Ac . . . Ba, Bb, Bc . . . ornumerically, and
 3. The buttons matrix presents information resources ina user-friendly tree like structure emulating library classificationssystems.
 2. The buttons matrix proactively brings forth the valuableout-of-sight information resources from backend to the front-endpresented to the users in a manner useful to the users in auser-friendly manner on a standalone or a networked computing device andalso enables users to control how the information is presented to themin alphabetical order or by popularity or by how recently they wereaccessed or how much time is spent on such resources or by any othercriteria that a user might be interested in through the use of GraphicalUser Interface (GUI) controls like buttons, radio buttons, check boxes,menus, dropdown menus, or input boxes, and a. enables users toreconfigure the buttons matrix interface as per a user's preferences interms of look and feel or in terms of functionalities e.g. a stockinvestor may reconfigure the interface to include stocks relatedinformation like market capitalization, price movements over a period,P/E ratio, Dividend yield etc., and b. will have other command buttonsor other Graphical User Interface (GUI) components hyperlinked tocontemporary popular topics like images, videos, news, maps, travel,hotels, shop, weather, finance, music, horoscope, dating, exercise,yoga, weight loss, health, restaurants, politics, education, and userdefined or user configured command buttons.
 3. The buttons matrix willtrack users' favorite websites and visited websites and will helpindividual user and all users to access them while maintaining their dueprivacy by criteria like most recently (R) used, most frequently (F)used, or by most (M) time spent on them (in a nutshell doing RFManalysis) or such other relevant parameters that could be of interest tousers.